Odisha suffered their second defeat in the BCCI Senior Women T20 League when they lost to Kerala by 48 runs in a Group-E match at CAP Siechem Ground in Puducherry today. Odisha will play their seventh and last league match against Mizoram on March 1.

Electing to bat, Kerala rode on a run-a-ball 40 by Jincy George to muster a total of 109 for eight in the stipulated 20 overs. Rasanara Parwin was the most successful Odisha bowler, taking three wickets for 21 runs. In reply, Odisha were restricted to 61 for six. Captain Madhusmita Behera was the top scorer with a 35-ball 23.

SCOREBOARD

KERALA: Shani TC c&b Reemalaxmi 6, Jincy George c Sujata b Madhusmita 40, Asha S b Rasanara 12, Sajana S lbw Rasanara 1, Minnu Mani st Pragyan b Rasanara 8, Akshaya A b Sushree 18, Jilu George (not out) 14, Farha Shirin UP (run out) Priyanka 1, Jayalekshmi Dev SJ (Mankading) 0, Aneena Mathews (not out) 3; Extras (w-6) 6
Total (8 wickets; 20 overs) 109
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Shani, 1.5 ov), 2-37 (Asha, 8.1), 3-39 (Sajana, 8.6), 4-72 (Jincy, 14.3), 5-85 (Minnu, 16.2), 6-97 (Akshaya, 18.2), 7-103 (Farha, 19.3), 8-105 (Jayalekshmi, 19.4)
Bowling: Sujata Mallik 3-0-16-0, Reemalaxmi Ekka 3-0-13-1, Rasanara Parwin 4-0-21-3, Sushree Dibyadarshini Pradhan 3-0-12-1, Priyanka Priyadarshini Sahu 4-0-28-0, Madhusmita Behera 3-0-19-1.

ODISHA: Madhuri Meheta st Jayalekshmi b Sajana 1, Sarita Meher c Jilu b Asha 3, Madhusmita Behera c Jayalekshmi b Keerthy 23, Pragyan Paramita Mohanty c Sajana b Minnu 5, Sushree Dibyadarshini Pradhan st Jayalekshmi b Minnu 6, Priyanka Priyadarshini Sahu (not out) 13, Reemalaxmi Ekka c Sajana b Asha 9, Anjali Singh (not out) 1; Extras 0
Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 61
Did not bat: Rani Tudu, Rasanara Parwin, Sujata Mallik
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Madhuri, 1.1 ov), 2-9 (Sarita, 4.2), 3-21 (Pragyan, 7.2), 4-36 (Sushree, 11.3), 5-39 (Madhusmita, 13.1), 6-60 (Reemalaxmi, 18.6)
Bowling: Keerthy K James 4-0-9-1, Sajana S 4-0-12-1, Asha S 4-0-16-2, Minnu Mani 4-0-11-2, Shani TC 3-0-10-0, Aneena Mathews 1-0-3-0.